New Perspectives on Civil War-Era Kentucky

John David Smith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2023
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-9780-7 (ISBN)

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As a Unionist but also proslavery state during the American Civil War, Kentucky occupied a contentious space both politically and geographically. In many ways, its pragmatic attitude toward compromise left it in a cultural no-man's-land. The constant negotiation between the state's nationalistic and Southern identities left many Kentuckians alienated and conflicted. Lincoln referred to Kentucky as the crown jewel of the Union slave states due to its sizable population, agricultural resources, and geographic position, and these advantages, coupled with the state's difficult relationship to both the Union and slavery, ultimately impacted the outcome of the war. Despite Kentucky's central role, relatively little has been written about the aftermath of the Civil War in the state and how the conflict shaped the commonwealth we know today. New Perspectives on Civil War–Era Kentucky offers readers ten essays that paint a rich and complex image of Kentucky during the Civil War. First appearing in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, these essays cover topics ranging from women in wartime to Black legislators in the postwar period. From diverse perspectives, both inside and outside the state, the contributors shine a light on the complicated identities of Kentucky and its citizens in a defining moment of American history.

John David Smith is the Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has written or edited thirty-one books, including An Old Creed for the New South: Proslavery Ideology and Historiography, 1865-1918; Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and The American Negro; Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops; Soldiering For Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War; and We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice: Black Voices from Reconstruction.

Introduction

Kentucky, the Civil War, and the Spirit of Henry Clay

The Religion of Proslavery Unionism

The Crouching Lion's Fate

Netherworld of War

Garrett Davis and the Problem of Democracy and Emancipation

Lincoln's Judge Advocate General

Bluegrass and Volutneer

A "Sisters' War"

The Freedmen's Bureau in the Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky, 1866-1868

Pioneer Black Legislators from Kentucky, 1860's-1960's

Afterword

Erscheinungsdatum	05.06.2023
Co-Autor	Benjamin Lewis Fitzpatrick
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8131-9780-5 / 0813197805
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-9780-7 / 9780813197807
Zustand	Neuware